Study of the level of patriotic education of adolescents in a youth center

We substantiate the importance and the phenomenon of patriotic education in institutions of additional education, the role of the teacher in the development of patriotic feelings in adolescents. The main indicators of the patriotic upbringing of adolescents include cognitivesemantic, emotional-value and behavioral indicators. The study analyzes the activities of the Lipetsk youth center, which revealed an extensive material and technical base and a high level of qualifications of teachers, but at the same time the institution lacks a patriotic education program. Also, an experimental work was carried out with the participation of adolescents (12–14 years old), parents and teachers, consisting of three stages. At the ascertaining stage, it is established that the level of patriotism among adolescents is lower than among adults (mostly low), which is due to the Soviet system of patriotic education. On the basis of the developed social and pedagogical technology and the patriotic program “I am a patriot” at the formative and ascertaining stage, the diagnostics of the results of the level of development of patriotic feelings of the experimental and control groups is carried out, which demonstrated an increase in the values to the middle and high levels. The results of the experimental search work indicate a positive dynamics in the development of indicators of patriotic education in adolescents with the use of folk art.

patriotic education, folk art, patriotic feelings, institutions of additional education, adolescents